Introducing our featured filmmaker: Mia Barnett Apathy Is Not An Option Mia Barnett Mia Barnett (she/her) is a freelance filmmaker and organizer based in Los Angeles with a passion for building community. Mia organizes with Nikkei Progressives, a grassroots activism organization based in Little Tokyo. When did you begin working on ‘Apathy Is Not An [...]
Introducing our featured filmmaker: Aisha Sultan Aisha Sultan Aisha Sultan is an independent filmmaker, nationally syndicated columnist and features writer in St. Louis, Missouri. Her work has appeared in more than a hundred publications. Her debut documentary short, "33 and Counting," won the Gold Prize at the WorldFest Houston International Film Festival, Best Documentary at [...]
Introducing our featured filmmaker: Bea Höller ‘Animation is a perfect tool for visualizing sexuality.' Bea Höller Real life prohibited a podcast interview with Bea this month, so we asked her some questions about her career, her process, and what she hopes to achieve with animated shorts. Where did your filmmaking career begin, and what made [...]
Filmmakers from around the world participate in Collective Lens: A Community Impact Space, offering impact training and $30,000 worth of grants to ten film rePROFilm filmmaker projects! NEW FOR '24 Madame Ovary: A Message From Our Team Dear rePROFilm Village, We’re dropping in to wish you all a very happy new year and update you [...]
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Ask an Expert: Reel Talk with Dr. Julia Maternity care in a post-Dobbs environment Dr. Julia Arnold VanRooyen Sarah Joy Byington’s film “Labor + Justice” takes place in a dystopian future where women who “fail” to deliver a living baby are immediately sentenced to death by a grotesque panel of judges. These men (and one [...]
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Jahmil Eady’s short film exposes a nearly unfathomable yet routine practice in the treatment of incarcerated pregnant patients in the U.S.: shackling inmates during pregnancy and labor. “The Bond” tells the story of Aria, a pregnant incarcerated woman who endures this treatment. Most viewers will instinctively understand how humiliating it must be to give birth [...]
a playlist by Eshaana Sheth I started this playlist sometime after I got diagnosed with breast cancer. I’ve always been a writer, so I was devastated by how the trauma and side effects of treatment impacted my ability to write and process details. Journaling was too difficult, so instead I began a playlist to capture [...]
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It takes less than three minutes to watch the brilliant short film “Always & Forever,” a devastating commentary on the consequences of forcing children to give birth. Though the film is fictional, it points to reality: An increasing number of states are effectively doing just that to their pregnant teenagers. Lack of comprehensive sexuality education, [...]
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Rayka Zehtabchi and Shaandiin Tome’s, "Long Line of Ladies" is a beautiful and inspiring film that follows a young girl, Ahty, as she prepares for her Ihuk, an empowering ceremony that girls in the Karuk tribe experience after they have their first period. The ceremony involves many tribal members and celebrates entry into womanhood. Intensive [...]
Our resident medical expert Dr. Julia watched “Summer Fridays” and has a few tips for viewers about how to navigate your sexual health care. Be proactive about your sexual health and minimize your risk of STIs In Blair Baker and Chloe Berk’s short film “Summer Fridays,” we follow Frankie as she visits her gynecologist for [...]
